but i can tell you now that if i have to contribute to health care, i m going to have to go back to the local government and ask for an increase in local property taxes to be able to make that contribution. absolutely. it would have a ripple effect all across the country. all right. ed mann, sir, thank you very much for telling the story today on fox & friends. thank you, steve. all right. what do you think? e-mail us right now. what should the irs do? seems like a no brainer. but then again, it is the irs. up next, incredible video of street strangers drag ago soldier out of a burning car. the story will make you proud to be an american. then the new budget deal asking our brave men and women to pay more into their pensions. u.s. army chief of staff general ray ordierno is next with brian. first, he s got to shake hands with ainsley.
what got us to the point where you guys spent all this money to do it yourself? brian, we spent almost $800 million, $800 million of our own texas tax dollars since 2008.
snowfall totals. in parts of maryland, up to six inches reported. in central part, not so much. about 1.4 inches reported here in new york city. otherwise we do have some extreme weather in terms of lake aoefbgt snow today. lake-effect snow. up to three feet of snow will be possible north of the city of syracuse where we could be significant more significant snowfall accumulations. lake-effect snow warnings out here. otherwise temperatures across the northern plains, take a look at this. it currently is 19 degrees below zero in international falls. factor in the wind chill and you re looking at wind chill temperatures as cold as 50 degrees below zero. we have a number of warnings and also several advisories in place. brian, i want to mention, take a look at this, this storm system forecast to impact the northeast as we head into saturday and also on sunday. maybe more snow. we ll see. over to you. thank you very much,
christmas special. terrific. it s christmas album. i bought it for my mom. it s amazing. a celtic christmas. is not going to make the christmas special. as brian would say, it was a celtic christmas album. go back to school, brian! i was born in this country. we call them celtics. and he s a country music artist. this is why we re 26th in the world. i m dragging the country down? yes. coming up, this baby chair maybe off the shelves. it s not because of safety concerns. why parents are outraged. then a volunteer firefighter the latest victim of obamacare. one fire chief saying your safety is at risk. he joins us next. first another look at the american country awards. here is justin moore.
florida georgia line was the big winner, taking home six trophy, including new artist and single of the year. artist of the year went to luke bryant. that show was hosted by trace adkins and danica patrick and features performances by people like brad paisley. he was presented with the video vanguard award. he was the nicest guy when he was. he seemed so humble and a cool guy. i don t find him nice. they had a little misunderstanding. he had an album out. it was his tenth album. it had an x on the cover. brian referred to it as x. he said brian g back to school. have you ever heard of roman numerals? it was pretty funny. i got to interview him and go to his concert in new jersey. it s going to be part of our